[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I want to create a list of lists, each of which is identical, but which > can be modified independently i.e: > >>>> x = [ [0], [0], [0] ] >>>> x[0].append(1) >>>> x > [[0, 1], [0], [0]] > > The above construct works if I have only few items, but if I have many, > I'd prefer to write >>>> N =3 >>>> x =N*[[0]] >>>> x > [[0], [0], [0]] > > If I now try extending the lists indepently, I cannot, as they all > point to the same list object >>>> x[0].append(1) >>>> x > [[0, 1], [0, 1], [0, 1]] > > Is there a simple way to create a list of independent lists?
Try this... x, y, value = 3, 3, 0 L = [[value]*x for i in xrange(y)] Cheers, Ron -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list